The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) males’s senior choice committee will meet in New Delhi on Monday to choose the squad for the upcoming Asia Cup 2023 match, beginning August 30 in Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Captain Rohit Sharma is about to attend the choice assembly headed by Ajit Agarkar. It is known that head coach Rahul Dravid has additionally been requested to attend the assembly.
Co-host Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal have already introduced their squads for the continental occasion which will likely be performed within the 50-over format this time, forward of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in India from October 5 to November 19.
India’s squad choice has been delayed as a result of a number of damage considerations inside its ranks. Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer are charting their methods again from lengthy damage layoffs.
While Bumrah and Prasidh returned to aggressive motion throughout India’s first T20I towards Ireland on Friday, Rahul and Iyer are nonetheless sweating it out on the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru to regain full health.
Meanwhile, their backups within the setup – Suryakumar Yadav and Sanju Samson – have didn’t latch onto their respective alternatives within the format. Their lacklustre performances have additionally paved the way in which for discussions round younger southpaw Tilak Varma, who made a promising begin to his T20I profession in the course of the recently-concluded sequence in West Indies. With restricted matches within the offing earlier than the World Cup, will probably be fascinating to see if India opts for a 15-member squad or plan to rotate its gamers with an prolonged squad.
Post the Asia Cup, India will function in three ODIs towards Australia at dwelling earlier than assembly of their opening fixture of the World Cup on October 8 in Chennai.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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